The Coalition of Resort Labor Unions (CRLU) has arranged for a class-action lawsuit in hopes of convincing a judge to essentially re-write a 2018 minimum wage ballot initiative it sponsored so it would apply to the Disneyland Resort . The lawsuit, announced yesterday at a press conference in front of Anaheim City Hall, names the Disneyland Resort and SodexoMagic – ...

Last week, Amazon walked away from a nearly $3 billion package in state and local tax incentives to build a sought after HQ2 in New York City – in the Queens neighborhood of Long Island City. The agreement, announced last Fall, would have brought 25,000 good paying jobs to the area and generated an estimated $27 billion in tax revenues. ...

Almost forgotten in the post-election coverage was Anaheim voters affirming the the development agreements for the two 4-Diamond hotel projects planned by the Wincome Group in the Anaheim Resort. Measures J and K were referendums on the development agreements for the 4-Diamond hotel currently under construction next to the Anaheim Convention Center, and an approved luxury hotel project on the ...

Backed by more than $1 million in Resort union funding and a deceptive campaign message, union-sponsored Measure L squeaked to a win with 51.9% of the vote. If Measure L survives virtually certain litigation, it would mandate that certain Anaheim Resort businesses raises their minimum hourly wage to $15 in January 2019, escalating each year to $18 in January 2020. ...

I’m an Anaheim resident. I’m a proud trade unionist and representative for union members across Orange County. I support working people negotiating to get a better wage. So, you’d think I would support Measure L in Anaheim. But I don’t. The truth is that Measure L would help very few of my Anaheim neighbors get a raise, and would hurt ...

Anaheim voters are being asked to make a decision on Measure L, a union-sponsored initiative targeting certain unionization-resistant Anaheim Resort businesses with a minimum wage hike starting at $15 an hour in January 2019 and escalating to $18 in January 2022. It is opposed by the Republican Party of Orange County, among other organizations. “Republicans know a union power grab ...

What happened to Chris Norby? Anaheim Republicans have received a campaign mailer featuring former Supervisor Chris Norby urging them to vote for Measure L – an initiative bankrolled by Anaheim Resort unions that would ultimately impose the highest minimum wage in the nation on a number of Anaheim Resort businesses. Norby built a reputation as a small “L” libertarian. Now ...

Among the items on tonight’s Anaheim City Council aganda is a report from City Attorney Robert Fabela in which he states his opinion that Measure L – the so-called “Anaheim Living Wage Initiative” – does not apply to Disney. One result of Disney terminating its tax rebate agreements with the city was it would no longer be subject to Measure ...

This weekend, UNITE-HERE Local 11 members voted to ratify a five year agreement with the Disneyland Resort that will increase their starting wage to $15 beginning January of 2019 – three years prior to state law mandating such an increase. The agreement provides a 40% minimum wage increase over two years, and housekeepers will have their minimum wage rise to ...

The Anaheim Resort unions have kicked off their formal political mail campaign to pass Measure L, which would spike the minimum wage at targeted Resort businesses to $18 an hour by 2022 – the highest in the nation. This mailer landed today: Note the unions repeat the false claim that Measure L applies to the Disneyland Resort. Then again, truthfulness ...